The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
164 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude SautetDirector
- Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer
- Claude SautetScreenplay
- Jean-Loup DabadieScreenplay
Cast
- Yves MontandVincent, entrepreneur
- Michel PiccoliFrançois, médecin
- Serge ReggianiPaul, écrivain, journaliste
- Gérard DepardieuJean Lavallée, ami de Vincent
- Umberto OrsiniJacques
- Stéphane AudranCatherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent
- Antonella LualdiJulia, la femme de Paul
- Marie DuboisLucie, la femme de François
- Catherine AllégretColette, la petite amie de Jean
- Ludmila MikaëlMarie, la jeune petite amie de Vincent
- Pierre MaguelonFarina
- Betty BeckersMyriam